Pencil-holder.



. 'PATBNTED 00T. s, 1903,

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UNITED lSfianfzs atented October 6, 1903;.

PATENT Ormea.

IRVIN THADEUS ALVORD, OF VIEW, UTAH.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

SEEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,791, dated October 6, i903.

Application tiled Merch 23, 1903.'

To 1r/ZZ whom t may oon/cern.'

Be it known that I, IRvIN THADnUs AL- voRD, a citizen of the United States, residing at View, in the county of Weber and State of Utah, have invented newand useful Improvements in Pencil-Holders, of which the following is a specication. Y

My invention relates to holders for pencils and other small articles such as are ordinarily carried about the person; and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous holder hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended,

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of my improved holder; Figs. 2 and 3, sections takenin the planes indicated by the broken lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, ot Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 a perspec tive view of the spring embodied in the holder.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to Which- A, Fig. 4, is a U-shaped spring having its arms serrated or roughened at a in order to hold it against casual upward movement in the covering presently described, and also having hooks b at the upper ends of the arms serrated or roughened at their inner sides, as indicated by c, to prevent casual disengagement of the same from the front Wall 'of a garment-pocket, and B is the covering. The said covering in the preferred embodiment of theinvention com prises an inner or back layer d, preferably of leather, though cloth, rnbber, or other suitable textiles may be used, which extends above the spring A about the proportional distance illustrated, and is provided on its extended portion with a layer e,

of leather, designed to add to its strength and finish, andan outer or front layer f, also preferably of leather, stitched or otherwise connected along its lower and side edges to the back layer, as indicated by y g. It follows from the foregoing that the connected layers d and fform a pocket containing the spring A and that the said spring serves to hold the inner and outer walls of the pocket taut or under tension, so as to enable them to clasp and hold pencils and other articles between l5o them.

C C are upper wire staples, and D D lower Serial No- 149,165. (No model.)

wire staples, which serve to divide the pocket formed by the covering B into a plurality of subpockets or compartments, and E E are spacing sleeves or washers arranged on the upper and lower bars of the staples between the covering-layers Zfand having for their purpose to hold the layers apart and the subpockets open when said subpockets are empty. The staples C D are preferably arranged as shown in Figs. l and 3 in order to form comparatively Wide outer subpockets for the reception of acomb and apair of scissors, toothbrush, or similar articles and intermediate narrow subpocliets for the reception of pencils, pens, or the like. By virtue ofthe pocket formed by the covering being divided into subpockets, as described, it will be observed pocket without diminishing the ability of an adjacent snbpocket to tightly holda comparatively small article.

In the practical use of my improved holder the same may be attached to any part of a garment through the medium of a safety-pin or other device passed through the upwardly-extended portion of the covering B. The holder is, however, designed more particularly for use in an upper vest-pocket, and it is placed therein-in such manner that the hooks b of spring A receive the upper edge of the front wall of the pocket. 'When the holder is thus secured in a pocket, there is no liability of it being casually displaced and no danger of any of the articles which it holds falling out. When, however, it is desired to use an article, the same may be readily withdrawn from the holder and after use may be as readily replaced therein.

Incident to the use of Ythe holder in a garment-pocket the upwardly-extended portion of the inner layer d serves to guard and prevent wear and soiling of the portionvot' the garment immediately above the pocket.

I have entered into a detailed description ot' the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understanding of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to such specific construction and arrangement of ,thata large articleV may be placed in one subalongtheir lower and side edges, staples connecting the back and front layers of the pocket, and dividing the same into a plurality of snbpockets, and spacing devices arranged on the bars of the staples, between the back and front layers of the pocket.

2. A holder for pencils and other articles comprising a U-shaped spring having serrations on its arms, and also having hooks extending from the npper ends of the arms, and provided with serrations at their inner sides, a pocket containing the spring; said pocket being formed by back and front layers of leather, connected along their lower and side edges, and the back layer being extended above the spring, andoabove the front layer, staples connecting the back and front layers of the pocket, and dividing the same into a plurality of subpockets, and spacing devices arranged ou the bars of the staples, between the back and front layers of the pocket.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

IRVIN THADEUS ALVORD.

Witnesses:

R. A. DEAL, ERNEST LAMBsoN. 

